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An increasing number of senior leaders and probationary employees are lodging adverse action claims, but employers can take some simple steps to mitigate these risks, a lawyer says.

It might not be new or unusual for senior employees to make general protections claims, but "we're seeing a little bit more of it", Henry William Lawyers senior associate Renee Kasbarian tells HR Daily ahead of her upcoming webinar.

Senior employees' claims remain predominantly based on their right to make workplace complaints, she notes, but these can be more difficult for HR to deal with, because fewer people in the organisation are able to assist with investigations...